Russia Improves C-UAV Skills

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On April 15, the Russian ministry of defence (MoD) published a detailed report on the radio-electronic counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) warfare in Syria. According to the MoD, the activity of UAVs used by terrorists for reconnaissance and attacks on the Russian naval and air bases in Syria has decreased due to the effective use of electronic warfare (EW) systems.

The military demonstrated to the media the intercepted drones, including two serial quadcopters and an improvised UAV with a warhead. Their control and radio navigation channels had been jammed, resulting in a forced landing. According to the commander of the EW component at the Tartus naval base Denis Kulikov, a kind of C-UAV dome has been established in Syria.

“The Pole-21 jamming station and the Ratnik-Kupol system, which is designed to suppress UAV control channels, are used. The airspace here is also covered with the latest Russian EW systems capable of blinding the pilots of enemy aircraft. Targets are detected by the Krasukha S-4 system, while the shipborne TK-25 complex suppresses their integral radars,” said Kulikov.

Pole-21--The jammer

The Pole-21 EW system, designed by the NTC REB enterprise, has already been mentioned in the MoD’s ne